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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Paul imagine while looking through his window?

2. What is the mud like in the delta?

3. What color is the hydrant with the painted chain on it that Paul sees?

4. At what cost does Paul believe he must keep his secret?

5. What does Paul call the balanced stones?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Paul feel about his parents in Part 1 in relation to his secret?

2. How is the snow acting during Paul's doctor examination?

3. How is Paul's confusion depicted in Part 1?

4. What reasoning does the snow give to Paul for the increasing darkness?

5. Where is the snow when Paul first sees it during the examination?

6. How is the origin of the secret revealed in Part 1?

7. What is the advertisement for in the newspaper Paul finds in the gutter?

8. What is it that leads Paul to believe his secret is snow?

9. What does the snow do for the first time in Part 3, and what does this represent?

10. What does the snow represent for Paul on his walk home?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the origin of Paul's secret, explaining each part of it in detail and why it is significant. Also, explain any metaphors the author uses to portray the impact of the events leading up to Paul's discovery.

Essay Topic 2

What is the snow's role in Paul's examination, and how does it appear different than it did earlier? What does the snow do for the first time in Part 3, and how does that display a severe problem for Paul? What effect does the snow have on Paul while he is being questioned, and what are the orders it gives him? What do they reveal?

Essay Topic 3

Describe how Paul's mood and mannerisms change during his examination. What are the events that cause him to change so dramatically? How do his responses contribute to his change? Explain in detail the way Paul feels as the questions become more and more insistent and how he is processing them.

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